Talking About Your Family in English - Spoken English Lesson

英语口语 — 家庭

Hi, I’m Oli.

嗨，我是Oli。

Welcome to Oxford Online English!

欢迎来到Oxford Online English！

In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about your family in English.

在本节课里，您可以学到怎样用 英语谈论您的家庭。

Do you have a big family?

您有一个大家庭吗？

What do you like doing when you spend time with your family?

当您花时间与您的家人在 一起时，您喜欢做什么？

Talking about family can be a good way to start a conversation in English, so it’s

谈论家庭可以是开始英语对话的一个好方式， 如果您

useful if you know what to say and if you have some questions to ask.

知道说什么以及如果您有一些问题 去问，那么这是有用的。

Let’s start with something simple.

我们从某些简单的事情开始。

Part one: introducing your family.

第一部分：介绍您的家庭。

Let’s start with a simple sentence:

我们从一个简单的句子开始：

"There are ________ people in my family."

"There are ________ people in my family."

So you can say:

那么您可以说：

"There are five...

"There are five...

There are ten...

There are ten...

There are thirty people in my family."

There are thirty people in my family."

That’s not too hard, but it’s not so interesting, either!

那不是太难，但是也不是太有趣！

You should say who these people are.

您要说那些人是谁。

"There are ten people in my family: I have two sisters, one brother, my uncle and aunt,

"There are ten people in my family: I have two sisters, one brother, my uncle and aunt,

two grandparents and my parents of course."

two grandparents and my parents of course."

"There are four people in my family: my wife, my two sons and myself."

"There are four people in my family: my wife, my two sons and myself."

Part two: Talking about your brothers and sisters.

第二部分：谈论您的兄弟姐妹。

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

您有多少兄弟姐妹？

You could say:

您可以说：

"I have two brothers and one sister."

"I have two brothers and one sister."

"I just have one sister."

"I just have one sister."

"I’m an only child."

"I’m an only child."

Let’s make it more interesting by adding more information.

我们增加更多信息让它更有趣。

Are your brothers and sisters older or younger?

您的兄弟姐妹比您年纪大还是小？

Where are you in the family?

您在家里排行第几？

"I have two older brothers and one older sister.

"I have two older brothers and one older sister.

I’m the youngest in the family."

I’m the youngest in the family."

"I just have one sister, who’s five years older than me."

"I just have one sister, who’s five years older than me."

"I’m the middle child: my brother is two years older, and I have a younger sister who’s

"I’m the middle child: my brother is two years older, and I have a younger sister who’s

finishing university this year."

finishing university this year."

Part three: talking about your immediate and your extended family.

第三部分：谈论您的直系亲属 和大家庭。

In English, we sometimes draw a line between your immediate family.

在英语里，我们有时会在您的直系 亲属之间画一条线。

That means: you, your husband/wife, your children, parents, and brothers and sisters.

那意思是：您、您的配偶、您的小孩、 父母和兄弟姐妹。

Then, you have your extended family.

然后，您有您的大家庭。

That means: aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, grandparents, grandchildren, and so

那意思是：姨妈嬢嬢、叔舅伯父、表堂兄弟 姐妹、侄子和外甥、

on.

侄女/外甥女、爷爷/外公和奶奶/外婆、 孙子/女和外孙/女等等。

Now, you can give more details about the people in your family, like this:

现在您能给出您的家庭成员的 更多细节，像这个：

"My immediate family is quite small, because I’m an only child.

"My immediate family is quite small, because I’m an only child.

My mum is one of five children, so I have a lot of cousins, who are kind of like my

My mum is one of five children, so I have a lot of cousins, who are kind of like my

brothers and sisters.

brothers and sisters.

There are six people in my immediate family: my parents, my brother and his wife, my sister

There are six people in my immediate family: my parents, my brother and his wife, my sister

and me.

and me.

I have a lot of other relatives, but they live in Canada so we don’t see them often."

I have a lot of other relatives, but they live in Canada so we don’t see them often."

Part four: talking about your children.

第四部分：谈论您的小孩。

Do you have children?

您有小孩吗？

Let’s see what you can say:

我们来看看您可以说什么：

"I have three kids: two girls and a boy."

"I have three kids: two girls and a boy."

"We have a newborn son."

"We have a newborn son."

"We have one daughter, and my wife’s expecting our second child."

"We have one daughter, and my wife’s expecting our second child."

As always, you should add details to make your answers longer and more interesting:

一如既往，您要增加细节来让您的回答 更长以及更有兴趣：

"I have three kids: two girls and a boy.

"I have three kids: two girls and a boy.

Our eldest daughter has just started secondary school, and the two younger ones are still

Our eldest daughter has just started secondary school, and the two younger ones are still

in primary school."

in primary school."

"We have a newborn son.

"We have a newborn son.

He’s just three weeks old now, so we’re still getting used to things!"

He’s just three weeks old now, so we’re still getting used to things!"

"We have one daughter, and my wife’s expecting our second child.

"We have one daughter, and my wife’s expecting our second child.

We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, but we’ll find out in three months."

We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, but we’ll find out in three months."

Part five: talking about your relationship with your family.

第五部分：谈论您和您 家人的关系。

Finally, let’s add some information about how often you see your family, and what you

最后，我们来增加一些关于您通常 怎样看您的家庭，以及

like to do together.

您喜欢和他们在一起做什么的信息。

For example:

例如：

"I’m very close to my family.

"I’m very close to my family.

We have lunch together every weekend."

We have lunch together every weekend."

"I see my older brother once a week; we play tennis or basketball together."

"I see my older brother once a week; we play tennis or basketball together."

"I try to spend as much time as possible with my kids."

"I try to spend as much time as possible with my kids."

What now?

现在怎么样？

You should know the answer: add more details!

您要知道回答：增加更多细节！

Let's look: "I’m very close to my family.

我们来看看： "I’m very close to my family.

We have lunch together every weekend at my grandmother’s house.

We have lunch together every weekend at my grandmother’s house.

She always cooks something delicious!"

She always cooks something delicious!"

"I see my older brother once a week; we play tennis or basketball together.

"I see my older brother once a week; we play tennis or basketball together.

I don’t see my other brother so often, because he lives overseas, although we talk on Skype

I don’t see my other brother so often, because he lives overseas, although we talk on Skype

every so often."

every so often."

"I try to spend as much time as possible with my kids.

"I try to spend as much time as possible with my kids.

We play cards, watch films, or go to the park if the weather’s nice."

We play cards, watch films, or go to the park if the weather’s nice."

Part six: making a longer answer.

第六部分：让回答更长。

Now you should be able to make a longer answer talking about your family.

现在您肯定能够用更长的回答 来谈论您的家庭。

You should be able to talk about your relatives, your brothers and sisters, your children if

您应该可以谈一下您的亲戚、您的 兄弟姐妹、您的小孩，如果

you have any, and your relationship with your family.

您有的话，以及您与 您家人的关系。

Let’s look at a sample answer:

我们来看一个回答例子：

"There are five people in my immediate family, although my extended family is quite large.

"There are five people in my immediate family, although my extended family is quite large.

I have two sisters, both younger, so I’m the oldest child.

I have two sisters, both younger, so I’m the oldest child.

I don’t have kids yet but I’d like to have a big family one day.

I don’t have kids yet but I’d like to have a big family one day.

I see my parents and my sisters quite often, because we all live near each other, although

I see my parents and my sisters quite often, because we all live near each other, although

I don’t see my other relatives that much."

I don’t see my other relatives that much."

OK?

行吗？

Could you make an answer like this?

您可以做一个像这样的回答吗？

Let’s look at one more sample answer first:

我们来多看一个回答例子：

"I come from a big family: I’m the fifth child, and I have three brothers and one sister.

"I come from a big family: I’m the fifth child, and I have three brothers and one sister.

They’re all close to each other in age, but there’s a big gap between them and me.

They’re all close to each other in age, but there’s a big gap between them and me.

I don’t have children, but I have lots of nieces and nephews!

I don’t have children, but I have lots of nieces and nephews!

I don’t see my family often because I live in a different country, but I speak to them

I don’t see my family often because I live in a different country, but I speak to them

regularly and we all get together once or twice a year, which is always very noisy but

regularly and we all get together once or twice a year, which is always very noisy but

lots of fun."

lots of fun."

What about you?

那么您呢？

Try to make a longer answer talking about your family.

试着做一个谈论您的 家庭的更长的回答。

Use the vocabulary and ideas from the lesson to help you.

用本节课里的词汇和 主意来帮您。

Next time you talk about your family in English, hopefully you’ll have lots to talk about!

下次您用英语来谈论您的家庭， 希望您会有很多可以谈的！

That’s the end of the lesson.

本节课就到这。

I hope it was useful.

我希望它是有用的。

You can see more of our free English lessons on our website: oxford online English dot

您可以在我们的网站上看到 更多的免费英语课程：

com.

oxford online English dot com.

Thanks very much for watching!

非常感谢观看！

See you next time.

下次见。